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# handicraft

«handicraft» in Mova's school dictionary: **skill in making things with the hands, such as weaving…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (handicrafts)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Handicraft is skill in making things with the hands, such as weaving, carving or pottery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handicraft/#m1)

2) A handicraft is a thing made with such skill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handicraft/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

a person's special skill or trade; «I have no handicraft» means I have no skill

### examples

- The old man taught her handicraft. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handicraft/#x1)
- Her pots were fine handicraft. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handicraft/#x2)
- Each man was proud of his handicraft. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handicraft/#x3)
- In craft lessons we learn simple handicrafts like knitting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handicraft/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «handicraft» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handicraft/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.